Press Kit for Vagabond Journey.com

Introduction

Vagabond Journey.com is the record of the ongoing journeys of Wade Shepard, Chaya Shepard, and their daughter, Petra.

Is your publication interested in writing a story about Vagabond Journey.com or republishing any articles or photos included in this website? If so, you may start with this press kit to assist you in compiling your information. You may quote from any writing on the site, including the travelogue.

Wade and Chaya are available to be interviewed for stories that will appear in print magazines, newspapers, radio, television, online publications, or any other type of media. As he is perpetually on the road, it is best to make initial contact through sending an email to vagabondsong@gmail.com, and then further details can be arranged.

Wade Shepard has been traveling the world for nearly 10 years, through more than 45 countries on five continents. He is a university trained archaeologist and journalist, and plies both of these trades regularly as he travels around the globe. Vagabond Journey.com is the final product of his impressions and experiences of the world as he moves through it. He is the editor of the Vagabond Journey.com eMagazine and writes a daily travel column at Travelogue. In the autumn of 2008 Wade paired up with Chaya in New York City and they have since traveled through Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East together. They were married in June of 2009 and had their daughter, Petra, in August of the same year. He is now traveling the world with his family.

Chaya Shepard began her international travels at the age of 14 when she decided that she would travel from her family's home in Maine to France -- alone. With a hard head of stubborn steam she pulled the journey off, and set herself on a course of world travel that she has followed ever since. She had traveled to five continents before meeting up with Wade in 2008. Since then they have been inseparable, traveling through Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East while pregnant, and are currently wandering around the American Southwest with their infant daughter, Petra. The traveling family is set to go to El Salvador, Belize, and Cuba in early 2010.

Chaya writes a travel blog on Vagabond Journey.com at, Travels with Petra, which often discusses traveling while pregnant, with an infant, and with an incorrigibly stubborn husband.

Petra was born on Chaya's family's living room floor in August of 2009. At the time of her birth she has already logged in an impressive record of inutero travels: going from Budapest through the Balkans to Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt while growing inside of her mother's belly. Since birth, she has traveled across the USA from Maine to Arizona, and has been enjoying the life of a traveling baby throughout the American Southwest. She is looking at her first glimpses of out-of-the-womb international travels in early 2010, as her family is planning a voyage to El Salvador, Belize, and Cuba.

Petra also has the beginnings of her own blog at, Petra's Vagabond Journey. Perhaps someday she will take the reigns and publish on it herself, but, for now, it serves as a repository of photos documenting Petra's first years as a traveler.

Possible Story Ideas

How to travel the world cheaply in times of economic crisis- The travels of Vagabond Journey.com are typically funded on a budget of under ten dollars a day per person. We could share budget travel tips as well as our experiences in an article about how to travel in the midst of a global economic recession.

How to fund travels by working on the road- I have worked internationally as an archaeologist, English teacher, gardener, journalist, and traveling webmaster. I also create hobohideout.com webpages for hotels/ hostels as a trade for free accommodation.

The Indiana Jones fantasy- What is the real life of an archaeologist like. How to become an archaeologist and fund travels through doing fieldwork.

How travel has changed in the past decade- What changes I have noticed in the global travel industry over the past ten years.

How the world has changed in the past decade- What changes I have noticed in the world that we live in from the time that I began traveling and now.

How to begin traveling, a beginners guide to vagabonding the world- Suggestions for those who wish to travel but don't know where to begin.

Is it safe to travel the world as a solo female?- Chaya has often traveled internationally as a solo female and could offer many tips and encouragement to women who also wish to travel the world.

Is it OK to travel while pregnant?- Chaya traveled through 13 countries in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East throughout her pregnancy with Petra, she would love to share the experience with other pregnant travelers.

How to travel with an infant?- Wade and Chaya are now on the road with a three month old infant, and could contribute lots of information to a piece on family travel.

Photos for Publication
Feel free to publish the following photographs of Wade and Chaya in any article or media piece that is about Vagabond Journey.com or contains permitted excerpts from this website. More photos are available upon request. Click on the thumbnails for larger photos.

Date	Title
Nov. 2009	Critics are a Blogger's best readers -- Hobotraveler.com Human Experiment
Aug.2009	Ask the Vagabond - Ask Travel Questions, Get Answers
July 2009	Vagabond Follows the Cross Walk
Feb. 2009	Vagabond Nears 10 Years of World Travel

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Press that Vagabond Journey.com received in other media sources

Television Media:

Wade and family were featured on KPHO-TV CBS 5 television news out of Phoenix, Arizona in a segment on how to eat roadkill to save money in times of economic crisis. Watch CBS news segment with Wade from Vagabondjourney.com.

Print Media:

	Wade was interview by De Pers Magazine (Netherlands) about how to fund travels with donations.
	Interviewed by Verge Magazine (Canada) about international education and the benefits of independent study and studying abroad.

Radio Media:

Interviewed by Albuquerque's 104.1 The Edge radio station about Tom Helling's Cross Walk across the USA.

Online Media:

	Travel Blogs.com did two interviews with Wade in 2007 and 2008 at How to Travel as Long as you Want Without Going Broke Interview Eight Years on the Road Interview
	Rolf Potts' Vagablogging.net wrote a story about Wade at Living the Indiana Jones Fantasy as well as another piece about an entry on the Vagabond Journey.com Travelogue at Are some cultural practices wrong?
	HoboTraveler.com wrote about Wade at Two Thumbs Up Archaeologist Wade Europe on 10 Dollars a Day Just Give Me One More Day People Dream of Traveling the World
	CBS 5 News Phoenix did a television segment as well as published an online article with Wade about how to eat roadkill to save money in times of economic crisis. Read the online article.

Photos from Vagabond Journey.com Featured in other publications

	FHM Magazine- Published a photo from Vagabond Journey.com's Guatemala photo gallery.
	Journal of Latin American Geography- Published photos from the Guatemala photo gallery.

Print media that has published articles written by Wade Shepard

Cafe Abroad InPrint

Abroad View Magazine

Today's Zaman (Turkey)

National Geographic Glimpse Magazine

Contact

Wade, Chaya, and Petra are available for all interviews and inquiries by either emailing VagabondSong@gmail.com, through instant messaging, or by calling (207) 951-0400.